Myths in every culture explain our origins, the earths creation, gods and monsters, demons, the afterlife and the underworld. This book gathers together themes and stories from every culture, showing how myths share many common patterns, and how the human imagination is expressed in all its diversity.

About Big History Featuring a foreword by the father of Big History, David Christian, and produced in association with the Big History Institute, Big History provides a comprehensive understanding of the major events that have changed the nature and course of life on the planet we call home. This first fully integrated visual reference on Big History for general readers places ...(展开全部)

About Big History Featuring a foreword by the father of Big History, David Christian, and produced in association with the Big History Institute, Big History provides a comprehensive understanding of the major events that have changed the nature and course of life on the planet we call home. This first fully integrated visual reference on Big History for general readers places ...(展开全部)

艾伦·贝克尔（Aaron Becker） 曾经历许多难忘的旅程，在日本乡村居住过，也在东非生活过，还曾去往瑞典、塔西提岛等地徒步旅行，寻找灵感。最近，还从旧金山湾去往马萨诸塞州的阿姆斯特市，进行了一次探险旅行。 在成为绘本作家之前，贝克尔是一名电影动画设计师、影视绘景师，参与制作的电影有《极地特快》《怪兽屋》等。《不可思议的旅程》是他的第一本绘本，展现出丰富的想象力和深厚的动画制作功底，一经出版便荣登《纽约时报》畅销书榜，并荣获《纽约时报》年度最佳绘本，以及美国凯迪克大奖。目前和妻子、女儿、一只懒猫生活在阿姆斯特市。他最喜欢的事情便是想象，在想象的国度，他可以画一扇秘密的大门和一盏盏充满魔力的彩灯。

艾伦·贝克尔（Aaron Becker） 曾经历许多难忘的旅程，在日本乡村居住过，也在东非生活过，还曾去往瑞典、塔西提岛等地徒步旅行，寻找灵感。最近，还从旧金山湾去往马萨诸塞州的阿姆斯特市，进行了一次探险旅行。 在成为绘本作家之前，贝克尔是一名电影动画设计师、影视绘景师，参与制作的电影有《极地特快》《怪兽屋》等。《不可思议的旅程》是他的第一本绘本，展现出丰富的想象力和深厚的动画制作功底，一经出版便荣登《纽约时报》畅销书榜，并荣获《纽约时报》年度最佳绘本，以及美国凯迪克大奖。目前和妻子、女儿、一只懒猫生活在阿姆斯特市。他最喜欢的事情便是想象，在想象的国度，他可以画一扇秘密的大门和一盏盏充满魔力的彩灯。

在线阅读本书 On Christmas Eve, Scrooge sits in his house with not a kind word for anyone; he just wants to be left alone until the humbug of Christmas is over. But four ghostly visitorshis former business partner, followed by the Ghosts of Christmas Past, Christmas Present, and Christmas Yet to Comeshow him the error of his ways, and by the time Christmas Day dawns, Scrooge is a cha...(展开全部)

在线阅读本书 On Christmas Eve, Scrooge sits in his house with not a kind word for anyone; he just wants to be left alone until the humbug of Christmas is over. But four ghostly visitorshis former business partner, followed by the Ghosts of Christmas Past, Christmas Present, and Christmas Yet to Comeshow him the error of his ways, and by the time Christmas Day dawns, Scrooge is a cha...(展开全部)

Perched on the exterior of our delicate and intricate bodies, the skin is our largest and fastest-growing organ. We see it, touch it and live in it every day. It's a habitat for a mesmerizingly complex world of micro-organisms, its physical functions are vital to our health and indeed our survival, and it's crucial to our sense of identity. Yet how much do we really know about ...(展开全部)

沃尔特•阿尔瓦雷茨（Walter Alvarez）， 美国地质学家，诺贝尔物理学奖得主路易斯•沃尔特•阿尔瓦雷茨之子。任教于柏克莱加州大学地球与行星科学系。因为与其父共同提出恐龙灭绝是因为小行星或彗星撞击地球的理论而闻名。 阿尔瓦雷茨生于美国加州伯克利。1962年于明尼苏达州卡尔顿学院获得地质学士，1967年获得普林斯顿大学地质学博士。他曾在荷兰任职于美国海外石油公司，在培养了考古地质学的兴趣以后，他离开了石油公司，并一度留在意大利研究古罗马时代的火山活动和对古罗马聚落的影响。之后，阿尔瓦雷茨进入哥伦比亚大学拉蒙特－多赫提地质观测所研究地中海地区的板块构造。他在意大利对古地磁学的研究使他开始关注意大利沿岸深海底石灰岩的地磁逆转。 沃尔特和其父亲路易斯•沃尔特•阿尔瓦雷茨最为人所知的就是发现在白垩纪-第三纪地层之间富含铱的黏土层。此外，他的研究还包括地...(展开全部)

Perched on the exterior of our delicate and intricate bodies, the skin is our largest and fastest-growing organ. We see it, touch it and live in it every day. It's a habitat for a mesmerizingly complex world of micro-organisms, its physical functions are vital to our health and indeed our survival, and it's crucial to our sense of identity. Yet how much do we really know about ...(展开全部)